Game device



Ma1r. 13, 1923,

1,448,454 A. A. LEANDER GAME DEVICE Filed y 25, 1921 5)?) Mom w PatentedMar. 13, 1923.

' UNETEE STATES i ns .AX'EL' A. Lniiinonn, or SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

GAME DEVICE.

Application filed May 23,

To all-1072 am it 172 [6:1] concern Be it known that T, Axnn A. LnANnnn,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city ofSeattle,county of King, State of Washington, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Gamev Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to game devices, and has for its principal objectto provide a devicewhereby a number of games may be played and whichwill not only furnish amusement and recreation in its. use, but alsowill be of educational value, especially to children, for the teachingof spelling, and the addition or subtraction of num bers.

A further object of the invention resides in the construction of a gamedevice of the above character, comprising an inclined base plate abovewhich is mounted, a circular horizontally revoluble table. The table hasa peripheral retaining rim, and within this rim has circularly arranged,numbered and lettered scoring pockets, wherein balls that are free toroll upon the, disk may come to rest after a spinning operation. of thedisk. The disk is alsov provided near its center with an opening throughwhich the balls may occasionally drop onto the base plate, and the baseis provided withpockets into which the balls may roll. It is alsoequipped with a series of rows of sockets for receiving indicia used inconnection with the game.

In accomplishing the objects of the invention, I have provided theimproved details of construction, the preferred forms of which areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein-- Figure 1 is aperspective view of a game device constructed according to the presentinvention. I

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fi ure 3 is a vertical section through the device, taken on line 3-3 inFigure 2.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the indicia used in connectionwith the device.

Referring more in detail to the drawings l designates the base plate ofthe device. This is of rectangular form, except at one end, which toenhance its appearance is curved radially. The base is supported in aninclined position by means of a bar 2 that is secured transverselybeneath the a circular table 6.

1921. Serial No. 471,569.

curved end thereof, so that the balls, presently described, that areused in playing the game, when dropped onto the higher end of the board,will roll towards the forward or lower end. Along the opposite sides andacross the lower end of the base, rails 23, 3 and 4 respectively aresecured. These extend above the surface of the plate, in order that theywill prevent the balls. from rolling from the same.

Mounted upon a pedestal .5 thatis fixed on the base plate 1 towardthehigher end and in the central, longitudinal line thereof, is

centrically with a hub portion 7 through This is provided conwhich avertical pin 8 is extended doWnwardly and into the pedestal 5 to retainthe table functionally in position and rotatably mounted.

Located concentrically with respect to the pin 8, within theupperface'of the table and near the hub portion thereof, is a. shallow groove9 adjacent which is an opening 10 through the disk. Also, arrangedcircularly about the outer periphery of the disk, in spaced relation,are scoring. pockets 12, Therev are, preferably, twenty six of theselatter openings and eaph i's individually designated by a letter of thealphabet and also by a number. Within the upper face of the base plate,beneath the table, are grooves 15 and 16 respectively, which encirclethe pedestal 5 and-lead downwardly toward thelower end of the baseplate. and, .at their opposite ends, lead into jpockets 17 and 18' whichare located in spaced relation near the. lower end of the base plate.

Inplaying the game, I prefer to'use one or more small balls, of thecharacter shown at 19. These are placed upon the table 6 and when thelatter is rotated, they will usually move to its outer edge wheretheyare retained by the peripheral wall 13.

The grooves 15 and 16 are so located within the base plate that theballs 19, which are used in playing the games and which may drop throughthe opening 10 in the disk, will roll into one of these, and follow italong, and fall finally into one or the other of the pockets 17 or 18.

Arranged in rows preferably four, transversely across the lower end ofthe base plate, are circular sockets 20 within which circular blocks 21,of the character shown in Figure 4, are adapted to be placed. Theseblocks each'bear a letter on one side and a number on the opposite side,and are provided in sufficient numbers that there will be three or morefor each letter and numeral used.

In playing games with the device one or two of the balls 18 may be usedand these are made of such size that they will it permitted to, dropthrough the opening 10. Occasionally, one of the balls drops through theopening 10, but as a rule, they come to rest when the table stopsrotating, within one of the scoring pockets 12. In playing most of thegames for which thc device is adapted, two balls, 19, are first placedwithin the groove 9 in the table. Upon spinning the table, the ballswill leave the groove and will roll'to the outer rim thereof, and, asthe table comes to rest, they will roll into pockets This is madecertain by sloping the surface of the disk slightly toward the pocketsfrom the rim 13. Occasionally, in this operation, one of the balls willdrop into the opening 10 in the disk thence onto the base plate, andwill finally lodge within one or the other of the pockets, 1'? or 18. I

A game suitable for two players, which I call Word building is played inthe toilowing manner: Each player chooses a word; for instance, thewords America and Chicago, and these words are constructed by placingthe lettered blocks 21 within the first and third rows of sockets 20,shown in Figure 2. The players then spin the disk in turn. If, whenoperated by the first player, one of the balls should fall into the Aopening of the table, that player places a block bearing the letter A inthe socket 520 beneath the letter A in the word of the first column. If,in the use of the table, one of the balls 18 should roll into theopening 10 onto the base plate and into the opening 17, the player ispermitted one extra turn, while, if it rolls in the pocket 18, he ispermitted two extra turns. If it is desired, one ball may be usedinstead of two, thus lengthening the time of playing. The object 0I thisparticular game is to build the words, and the player who completes hisselected word first wins the game.

Another game which aids in the learning of addition of sums is asfollows: Each player in turn puts the two balls on the table 1 ,aasariaand revolves it; then adds together the designating numbers for theopenings 12 in which the balls have stopped. The player who firstobtains a certain predetermined sum wins the game. i

It is obvious that various other games can be played with the device,but only these two will be described, as they give an idea of its use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is: r

- 1. A game device of the character described, comprising an inclinedbase plate provided near its lower end with a plurality of pockets withgrooves leading thereinto from toward the upper end of the base; a tablemounted above the higher end oi the base to be revolved in a horizontalplane and having a plurality of scoring pockets arranged circularlyabout the edge thereof and having an opening therethrough near itscenter; balls adapted to roll on the t ble and to come to rest withinthe scoring pockets or to fall through the opening onto the base plate,to be directed by said grooves into said pockets.

A game device of the character described, comprising an inclined baseplate provided with a plurality of rows o1 sockets, and with a pluralityof pockets with; grooves leading from the higher end'ot the base intothe pockets, a table supported above the higher end of the base plateand adapted to be revolved in a horizontal plane, said table having aplurality of scoring pockets arranged circularly about the cage thereof,each having a designating character adjacent thereto, and having anopening therein near the center; balls adapted to roll on the table andadapted to come to rest within the scoring pockets or to fall throughsaid opening to be directed by the grooves of the base into its pocketsand blocks adapted to be seated within the sockets of the base plate andbearing characters corresponding to the characters adjacent the scoringpockets.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 16th day of May, 1921.

AXEL A. LEANDER.

